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The Key to Recovery

Every government needs to revisit history for an appropriate economic response as monetary policy tools are exhausted

Istanbul: Lost in Shifting Shadows

A city caught between the heretical seductions of modernity and the atavistic lures of medievalism

Jawaharlal Nehru…as a South Asian remembers

We live in a world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open, said Jawaharlal Nehru

The King’s Salvation

A lesson from 12th century Angkor Wat where its ruler Jayavarman VII prioritised public health and elevated it to worship

Why Savarkar had to be saved

Patel and Morarji wanted to avoid communal violence and political instability at all costs

Let There Be Light

Long-term lockdowns are not the answer to the virus

Kolkata: Memoirs of a Bruised City

What the ghosts whisper from the pandemic streets of Kolkata

Patriots Against the Virus

A global plague, political epidemiology and national histories

When History Stands Still

Consolations from the trauma-ridden past of India

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